USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List April 1942

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
4/1/1942 SBD-2 2170 VS-6 KANEOHE HAWAII ECENPAC ENS CARL W. THOMAS S
4/2/1942 SBD-2 2136 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS S.C. HOGAN S
4/4/1942 OS2U-3 5777 USCG USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55) CARIBBEAN CENLANT
 
 
4/4/1942 SON-1 1174 CL-48 USS HONOLULU (CL-48) HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
4/5/1942 PBY-5A 2487 VP-91 OAHU HAWAII ECENPAC ENS HOWE D
4/5/1942 PBY-5 2422 VP-14 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LTJG MEYER S
4/6/1942 F2A-3 01572 VMF-212 EWA HAWAII ECENPAC 1STLT ROGERS S
4/7/1942 SBD-3 4598 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS A.L. RAUSCH S
4/7/1942 J2F-5 00704
 		 USS WASP (CV-7) SCAPA FLOW NORLANT
 
 
4/8/1942 OS2U-3
 		 BB-40 USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40) PEARL ECENPAC GEORGE M. COLE U
4/8/1942 SOC-1 9925 CA-27 USS CHESTER (CA-27) ENR GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
4/9/1942 SBD-3 4670 VB-5 USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS HENRY C. TRAVERS S
4/10/1942 F4F-4 4065 VF-72 USS WASP (CV-7) ENR GREENOCK EUROPE
 
 
4/10/1942 PBY-5 2386 VP-23 ALASKA ALASKA NORPAC ENS MURPHY S
4/10/1942 J2F-5 00730 VJ-2 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC JAMES W. HARDY S
4/11/1942 PBY-5A 2476 VP-91 OAHU HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
4/12/1942 J2F-5 00673 VJ-1 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC ENS JAMES E. MONAHAN S
4/13/1942 SON-1 1175 VCS-8 BERMUDA BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
4/15/1942 SB2U-2 1364 VS-71 USS WASP (CV-7) OFF GREENOCK EUROPE LTJG JOHN F. DUNN U
4/16/1942 SOC-3
 		 TF-99
 
 
 		 ENS FRANCIS M. DILLON U
4/18/1942 PBY-5 2409 VP-101 AUSTRALIA
 		 SW PAC LTJG W.E. HARDY S
4/18/1942 SBD-3 4603 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS LISTON R. COMER S
4/19/1942 SOC
 		 VS-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LT TANMY S
4/20/1942 J2F-5 00741 VMS-3 ST. THOMAS V.I.
 		 CENLANT
 
 
4/20/1942 SBD-3 4590 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) HAWAII ECENPAC LT L.S. SMITH U
4/21/1942 SBD-2 2179 VB-8 USS HORNET (CV-8) PEARL ECENPAC LT G.D. RANDALL D
4/21/1942 F4F-3A 3894 VF-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS HOWARD S. PACKARD S
4/21/1942 SOC-3 1085
 
 
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
4/23/1942 F4F-7 5265 4TH MBDAW SAMOA
 		 SE PAC
 
 
4/23/1942 PBY-5A 7286 VP-42 DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA NORPAC ENS FREDERICK A. SMITH D
4/23/1942 SB2U-2 1363 VS-71 USS WASP (CV-7) OFF MALTA EUROPE ENS JACKSON S
4/24/1942 SBD-1 1741 VMSB-231
 
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
4/25/1942 JRS-1 1191 VJ-1 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LTJG LEONARD WARE M
4/25/1942 SBD-3 4585 VS-6 KANEOHE HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
4/25/1942 OS2U-3 5324 BB-41 USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) OFF SAN FRAN. CENPAC
 
 
4/27/1942 F4F-3 1896 VMF-111
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
4/27/1942 SB2U-3 2055 VMSB-241 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LT DELALIO S
4/27/1942 PBY-5A 05007
 
 
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
4/27/1942 SBD-3 4574 VB-5 USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) HAWAII ECENPAC LTJG ARTHUR L. DOWNING S
4/28/1942 F4F-3 1877 VF-42 USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
4/30/1942 PBY-5 2400 VP-31 SAN JUAN
 		 CENLANT
 
 
4/30/1942 F4F-4 5101 VF-71 USS WASP (CV-7) OFF MALTA CENLANT ENS P.T. JORGENSEN U
4/30/1942 SBD
 		 VS-2 USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) SW OF WAKE WCENPAC
 
 

To order reports on any of these that were accidents, go to Order Accident Reports

For general notes on using these databases click here
Also see Action Code List for the meaning of Action or USN acronyms page for meaning of general abbreviations.

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